jagen

From Middle Dutch jāgen, from Old Dutch *jagon, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaːɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ja‧gen
• Rhymes: -aːɣən

jagen

1. (transitive) to hunt
2. (transitive) to tug (a boat) (not by other vessels)
3. (ergative) to move quickly

• Afrikaans: jaag
• Berbice Creole Dutch: jagi
• Negerhollands: jaak, jaag, ak
• → Aukan: yaki
• → Kwinti: jagi
• → Papiamentu: yag, jaag
• → Saramaccan: jáka
• → Sranan Tongo: yagi, yagigwe, djaggi
  • → Caribbean Javanese: yagi, ngyagi

From Old High German jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaːɡən/, [ˈjaːɡŋ̩]

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• Rhymes: -aːɡn̩
• Hyphenation: ja‧gen

jagen (weak, third-person singular present jagt, past tense jagte, past participle gejagt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive, hunting) to hunt (game)
2. (transitive) to chase, chase after (to follow at speed)
3. (transitive with durch or in) to thrust, pierce

   jemandem eine Kugel durchs Herz jagen ― to thrust a bullet through someone's heart

4. (intransitive) to rush, hustle

   Synonym: hetzen

   Franz jagt im komplett verfahrlosten Taxi quer durch Bayern. (common German pangram, not including äöüß)

   Franz rushes all across Bavaria in a completely dilapidated taxi.

• “jagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “jagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “jagen” in Duden online
• “jagen” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

• IPA^(key): /jɒːɡən/, /jɔːɡən/

jagen

1. (intransitive) to hunt

Forms from Fritz Reuter:

• 3rd ps. sg. indicative present: jöggt, jagt
• 3rd ps. sg. indicative preterite: jog
• 3rd ps. pl. indicative preterite: jogen

From Old Dutch *jagon, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

jāgen

1. to hunt, to chase, to pursue
2. to hunt (animals)
3. to drive forward, to impel
4. to persue (a goal), to strive for
5. to hurry

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: jagen
  • Afrikaans: jaag
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: jagi
  • Negerhollands: jaak, jaag, ak
  • → Aukan: yaki
  • → Kwinti: jagi
  • → Papiamentu: yag, jaag
  • → Saramaccan: jáka
  • → Sranan Tongo: yagi, yagigwe, djaggi
    • → Caribbean Javanese: yagi, ngyagi
• Limburgish: jage
• Zealandic: jaege

• “jaghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “jagen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Old Saxon jagon, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

• (originally) IPA^(key): /jaːɣən/

jāgen

1. to hunt, to chase

• jachteren
• jacht

• Low German: jagen, jogen
  • German Low German: jagen
• → Old Norse: jaga
  • Faroese: jaga
  • Danish: jage
  • Swedish: jaga
  • Gutnish: jage, jaga, jag'